CAESAR (COMET ASTROBIOLOGY EXPLORATION SAMPLE RETURN) MISSION WILL ACQUIRE A SAMPLE FROM THE NUCLEUS OF COM…
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Award details
- Award ID
- 80MSFC18C0034
- Contractor
- CORNELL UNIVERSITY
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Sub-agency / office
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Award amount
- $2,000,000
- Period of performance
- Apr 16, 2018 – Mar 15, 2019
- NAICS
- 541715 — Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)
- PSC
- PSC AR24
Public award description
CAESAR (COMET ASTROBIOLOGY EXPLORATION SAMPLE RETURN) MISSION WILL ACQUIRE A SAMPLE FROM THE NUCLEUS OF COMET CHURYUMOV-GERASIMENKO, RETURNING IT SAFELY TO EARTH. COMETS ARE MADE OF MATERIALS FROM ANCIENT STARS, INTERSTELLAR CLOUDS, INCLUDING THE ORIGINS OF THE EARTH'S OCEANS, AND OF LIFE. LED BY STEVE SQUYRES OF CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN ITHACA, NEW YORK, CAESAR WOULD BE MANAGED BY NASA'S GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER IN GREENBELT, MARYLAND.
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